DOMINIQUE SASHA N. AMORSOLO, Assistant Professor
Email: dnamorsolo@up.edu.ph
Office Phone: 89818500 ext. 2222; Room Number: Bulwagang Silangang Palma 416
Dominique teaches physical geography courses in the undergraduate level. She is a part of the Geonarratives Mapping project and co-manages the geonarrative.ph website. She is a member of the Media, Literary Geographies, and Geohumanities (MELANGE) Research Group.
EDUCATION
> Master of Science in Environmental Science, University of the Philippines Diliman
> Bachelor of Science in Geography, University of the Philippines Diliman
SPECIALIZATION
> Physical geography
> Human adaptations to fluvial geomorphologies
> More-than-human geographies
> Geonarratives mapping
> Creative geographies
COURSESTAUGHT
> Geog 1: Places and Landscapes in a Changing World
> Geog 100: Physical Geography
> Geog 121: Landform Analysis
> Geog 133: Geography of the Tropics
> Geog 145: Geography of the Pacific
> Geog 159: Geography of Africa
> Geog 192: Field Methods in Geography
> Geog 198: Special Topics (Torrid Ecologies)
> SEA 30: Asian Emporiums: Networks of Culture and Trade in Southeast Asia
> JS 101: Japanese Culture and Society
AWARDS AND GRANTS
> Thesis and Dissertation Grants (2019-2020), Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development, University of the Philippines Diliman
RESEARCH PROJECTS
> 191928 TSSH: Analyzing the changing morphology of the lower Abra River and the adaptations of the deltaic community of Santa, Ilocos Sur: a geo-historical perspective, under Thesis and Dissertation Grants of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development, University of the Philippines Diliman
PUBLICATIONS
> De Guzman, M., Martinez, M.S., Garcia, E., Palis, J., Anacta, V.J., Amorsolo, D.S., Ocampo, L.A., and Occeña-Gutierrez, D. (2024). Integrating service-learning in Geography in Philippine higher education, Pennsylvania Geographer, 62(2):1-22
> Amorsolo, D.S. (2023). Countermapping interventions: (Re-)telling river-town map stories, BANWAAN: The Philippine Journal of Folklore, 2(2):1-30
> Amorsolo, D.S. (2022). Folklife as geonarrative: The fluvial lifeworld confluences of the lower Abra River-delta and the town of Santa, Pennsylvania Geographer, 60(1):28-53
> Amorsolo, D.S. (2021). Book Review: Scent of rain, sun, and soil: Stories of agroecology by Lumad youth in the Philippines. Sarah Wright. (2020). Southern Voice Press, AghamTao, 29:171-175
COMPETENCES
> Geospatial techniques (Geographic Information System, Remote Sensing)
> Digital visual content platforms/softwares (Photoshop, GIMP, Canva, Procreate)
> Various methods in visual arts (hand-drawn and digital illustration, painting, graphic design for publicity materials, basic wheel throwing pottery, among others